Improvement in cigarette-fillers



M. RUBIN. CIGARETTELFILLER.

Paten'ce'c'i Jan.25,1876.

(fmw da N.PETERS, PNDTO-LHHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON, D. C.

PATENT CFFIOE.

MAx RUBIN, OF BROOKLYN, n. D., NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGARETTE-FILLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,661., dated January 25, 1876 application filed December 13, 12575.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX RUBIN, of Brooklyn, E. D., in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Tobacco-Holder and Cigarette-Filler, of which the following1 is a specilication:

Tubes have been used for receiving the tobecco, and a plunger for forcing the same into a paper case at the end of such tube.

My invention is t'or facilitating the filling otl the paper case directly from the tobaccobox.

I employ a box containing the tobacco, a tube, slotted at one side, passing through said box, a plunger for forcing the tobacco from the tube into the paper case, and a clamp for holding the paper case upon the end of the filling-tube while being charged. This box and cigarette-filler may `be ot' a size large enough for manufacturing the cigarettes, or be portable and contain a drawer for holding paper or cases, so that they can be made up and filled as required for smoklng.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical section longitudinally ot the box. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ot' the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation Of the clamping device that holds the paper case, and Fig. 4 is a section of the cigarette as ready for use.

The box for the tobacco is made with the sides a, front b, and end c, and there is a false bottom, e, made as adouble incline, that leads the tobacco to the slotted stationary tube d. There is a movable tube, fi, inserted into the tube d, and held by a spring-button, f, and this tube has a slot at one side, and projects through the end c, and between the spring-clamps h, that are provided with the slide t to close or open them. The cigarettecasel is put around the end ot' this tube t', and held by the clamps h, while the tobacco is carried back into the case by the plunger m, moved in the tube z'.

The paper cigarettecases will usually be made up with the edges pasted together, and with a small piece of thicker paper at the end where the clamp h acts, so as to strengthen the thin paper out of which these cases are usually made 5 and this band of thicker paper allows a tubular tip, at o, to be inserted and the tobacco of the cigarette consumed to a greater extent than it can be when the paper case is inserted between the lips.

If it is desired to roll up a piece of paper to form the case, the tobacco-box is turned upside down, the tube i is drawn out, the piece of paper rolled around it, the end folded n, and the tube and case are again inserted, and the case Z is drawn sufliciently along to receive the tobacco through the tube t'.

It is preferable Ato surround the paper with a thin cylinder, n, of hard rubber Or similar lnaterial, inserted within the clam pin g-sprin gs, and upon which they pass in holding the case While being h'lled, and this cylinder may be used as the mouth-piece at the end of the cigarette, or receive a separate mouthpiece or tubular tip, o, while smoking the cigarette.

A hinged tlap,b, at the end of the tobaccobox serves to inclose the end ot' the tube z' and the space occupied by the spring-clamp h.

A drawer, m, in the upper part ofthe tobaccobox, forms a receptacle for cigarette-cases, or the paper from which they are madef" The removable tube t' is especially useful in rolling up the paper for making the cigarettecase, and where the cases are prepared separately, it is only necessary to have a stationary tube, upon which the case is clamped by the springs.

I claim as my inventionl. The cigarette-filler made of the movable slotted tube t' and plunger m, combined with the tobacco-box and the spring-clamp IL, for holding' the case to the end of the tube.

2. The thin cylinder n, surrounding the cigarette-case, in combination with the tube t', plunger m, and the jaws h, that press upon this cylinder n, to hold the same While the case is being lilled, as set forth.

3. A tobacco-box provided with a sliding plunger in the bottom thereof, a tube projecting at one end ot' such box, anda clamp to hold the cigarette-case to such tube, substantially as set forth.

Signed hy me this 10th day of December, A. D. 1875.

MAX RUBIN. Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, C11/As. H. SMITH. 

